Photo: Rivers Langley; SaveRivers · CC BY-SA 3.0Shellman has 0.7 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Working residents average 17 minutes each way (Georgia 28, U.S. 26). About one in ten work in Shellman; the top destination outside it is Albany (8%, 29 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Shellman
A big share show a job far from home
41% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Shellman’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Shellman is Albany, 29 miles away as the crow flies. 8% of working residents (28) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Commutes from Shellman are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 28 across Georgia. That’s about 84 hours a year less on the road than the typical Georgia worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 334 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Half of Shellman commutes less than 30 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 41% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
About 17 minutes each way, quicker than most of Georgia
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Shellman workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 261 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across Georgia: 84% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Shellman quiets down on a workday
On a workday 296 residents head out to work, 38 work right here, and 188 people come in from elsewhere.
About 700 people are in Shellman on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.68 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
8% of working residents work in Albany
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Shellman clocks in
8% of workers
6% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Shellman makes things: 31% of its jobs are in goods
226 jobs are based in Shellman. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Shellman’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Shellman, 2013 → 2023: 170 → 226. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Shellman: questions
What is the median household income in Shellman?
$28,859 (±$6,269) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Shellman?
32.8%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Shellman?
17 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Shellman work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Albany (8%, 29 mi), Cuthbert (6%, 10 mi), Dawson (5%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Shellman without a car?
4% of commuters take transit and 19% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Shellman, from the people who make the trip.
More of Shellman
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.